Pharmac will next year fully fund a cream to treat fungal skin infections which it says will benefit almost 800 people.

Pharmac | Te Pātaka Whaioranga has decided to fully fund a medicine people use to treat fungal skin infections. Econazole nitrate 1% cream (branded as Pevaryl) treats fungal skin infections affecting ...

Doctors are prescribing antifungal creams to patients with skin complaints at rates so high that they could be contributing to the rise of drug-resistant infections, according to new research.

Antifungal creams are medications that are prescribed to treat fungal skin infections such as athlete’s foot, ringworm, and jock itch. A report by the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Athlete’s foot is a prevalent infection that results from a fungus that flourishes in damp and warm conditions, such as inside sweaty shoes or socks, which impacts the skin of the foot.

Prof Parul Verma shared that nearly 30% of patients visiting KGMU's OPD suffer from fungal infections and itching, medically known as ‘tinea'. Many of these patients already caused damage to their ...